I recall a few years ago, Wendy's’ slogan would state, “We have figured out that there are 256 ways to personalize a Wendy’s hamburger.” Now that I am in highschool and my class is currently learning how to calculate possibilities using combinations and permutations. And what we have discovered is that Wendy’s claim that there are 256 ways to personalize a burger is not only incorrect, but there are over 500 ways to personalize the burger, 512 to be precise.
The answer had to be found utilizing probability, this was likely to either be combination or permutation. And due to the fact the order of the toppings being irrelevant, we decided to use combination. Doing calculations, if the hamburger has 9 topping options but none are used would
The answer had to be found utilizing probability, this was likely to either be combination or permutation. And due to the fact the order of the toppings being irrelevant, we decided to use combination. Doing calculations, if the hamburger has 9 topping options but none are used would